The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays schedule set
02.25.2021 | Texas Relays, Track & Field / Cross Country
The 93rd running of one of the nation’s premier annual track & field events will feature an abbreviated schedule that will not include high school competition.
AUSTIN, Texas - The schedule of events for the 93rd running of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium is complete. After several months of discussions and reviewing a number of options and possibilities, this year's event will be an abbreviated schedule, and due to a combination of challenges, not include high school teams or individual student-athletes. The traditional four-day meet will be reduced to three days with events in the University, College and Invitational Divisions beginning on Thursday, March 25 and continuing through Saturday, March 27. Longhorn Network will once again broadcast extensive coverage of this year's meet.
"Out of the utmost concern for health and safety, last year's Texas Relays were forced to be cancelled as a result of the pandemic," Barr said. "In preparation to return this year with full attention to all of our COVID-19 protocols and procedures, as well as the welfare of everyone involved, we've been diligently planning and extensively discussing everything involved in the meet. We're excited that we'll be back hosting and competing in one of the nation's premier track & field events at Mike A. Myers Stadium once again. It will be a fun time, but there also will be a significant void, as due to scheduling conflicts, some UIL rules and UT and Big 12 health and safety protocols, we won't be able to host the high school portion of the meet. We truly value the energy, excitement and performances all of the high school student-athletes provide each and every year and did everything in our power to try to make it work. That's a big part of the reason we're so late in the process in rolling out schedules and final plans for the meet. We'll eagerly look forward to having all the high schoolers back in our stadium competing in 2022."
The 2020 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays were cancelled last spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It marked the first time the meet was forced to be cancelled since 1935. The Relays began in 1925, and prior to last year, the only other years it didn't take place were during the Great Depression from 1932-35.
2021 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Schedule of Events: hookem.at/TexasRelays